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Photos: Dozens involved in after-school fights

Large after-school fights involving Woodland Hills students and some parents were posted on YouTube.

WTAE has blurred the video because some of the fighters are juveniles.

One innocent bystander told WTAE's Marcie Cipriani: "They were swinging at each other, and some of them landed on my car and just were continuing fighting while I was honking and I was screaming and I was trying to get them away."

Substitute Superintendent Alan Johnson said the majority of Woodland Hills High School students were not involved.

"We are not going to sit by and allow the work that they've done to be tarnished by the actions of a few," Johnson said.

"We need to let our communities know we are very serious about the safety of their students and making the theme of Woodland Hills High School about learning and a place to achieve," Johnson said.

"Over the past number of years, there has been a concerted effort by the board of directors, the administration, the faculty and, most especially, the students have all worked together to create a safe and secure environment at the high school, where students all feel welcome, safe and wanted, and the focus is truly on academic excellence. And something like this tarnishes that, and it shouldn't," Johnson said.

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